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dc_dux · 04-17-2008, 11:44 AM

I have a hard time understanding how anyone, particularly conservatives, can be so cavalier about Bush policies and actions:

* to spy on Americans without a warrant (Congress has held firm on a more accountable FISA bill)

* that allow torture (they call it "enhanced interrogation") of suspects held in US custody despite existing laws and treaty obligations(Congress has enacted new legislation to prevent it - Bush vetoed)

* enable the government to be more secretive than ever (the Dem Congress introduced several "open government bills" - FOIA, PRA, Contract Reform, etc" that have been blocked by Republicans or vetoed by Bush)

* spend more recklessly than any recent Administration and attempt to shield the spending through off-budget "special appropriations"

* politicize the Dept of Justice then refuse to respond to Congressional subpoenas.

* manipulate government scientific data to further a political agenda

* use signing statements and EOs to overturn the will of Congress and former Presidents

* use the RNC as its political arm to skirt election laws through programs of voter caging

* and on and on and on

Fortunately, those Bush apologists and sycophants are becoming increasingly marginalized.

ace..what you call "bias", I call an expectation that a president will abide by the rule of law and the Constitution.

04-17-2008, 11:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	I have a hard time understanding how anyone, particularly conservatives, can be so cavalier about Bush policies and actions: * to spy on Americans without a warrant (Congress has held firm on a more accountable FISA bill) * that allow torture (they call it "enhanced interrogation") of suspects held in US custody despite existing laws and treaty obligations(Congress has enacted new legislation to prevent it - Bush vetoed) * enable the government to be more secretive than ever (the Dem Congress introduced several "open government bills" - FOIA, PRA, Contract Reform, etc" that have been blocked by Republicans or vetoed by Bush) * spend more recklessly than any recent Administration and attempt to shield the spending through off-budget "special appropriations" * politicize the Dept of Justice then refuse to respond to Congressional subpoenas. * manipulate government scientific data to further a political agenda * use signing statements and EOs to overturn the will of Congress and former Presidents * use the RNC as its political arm to skirt election laws through programs of voter caging * and on and on and on Fortunately, those Bush apologists and sycophants are becoming increasingly marginalized. ace..what you call "bias", I call an expectation that a president will abide by the rule of law and the Constitution. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 04-17-2008 at 11:48 AM..